4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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